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Geomys texensis  Merriam, 1895
Taxonomic Serial No.: 552519

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Central Texas Pocket Gopher [English]
  
    Llano Pocket Gopher [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderCastorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955  
                                     FamilyGeomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 – Pocket Gophers  
                                        GenusGeomys Rafinesque, 1817 – Eastern Pocket Gophers  
                                           SpeciesGeomys texensis Merriam, 1895 – Central Texas Pocket Gopher, Llano Pocket Gopher  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Geomys texensis bakeri Smolen, Pitts and Bickham, 1993 – Baker's Llano pocket gopher 
                                              Subspecies Geomys texensis llanensis Bailey, 1905  
                                              Subspecies Geomys texensis texensis Merriam, 1895  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Geomys texensis    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cramer, Michael J., and Guy N. Cameron  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Geomys texensis   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, no. 679   
  Page(s): 1-3   
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  Notes: Available online at http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/   
  Reference for: Geomys texensis, Llano Pocket Gopher [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Merriam, C. Hart  
  Publication Date: 1895   
  Article/Chapter Title: Monographic revision of the pocket gophers Family Geomyidae (Exclusive of the species of Thomomys)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: North American Fauna, no. 8   
  Page(s): 258   
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  Notes: Available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25810942   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Geomys texensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geomys texensis, Central Texas Pocket Gopher [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals   
  Page(s): xxv + 750   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-845-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geomys texensis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Lowered Risk (nt) as G. texensis and as G. t. bakeri  
    Comments: Considered a subspecies of bursarius by Hall (1981) and Patton (1993). Block and Zimmerman (1991), Smolen et al. (1993), and Jolley et al. (2000) provided evidence for species status. Reviewed by Cramer and Cameron (2001, Mammalian Species No. 679)  
 

 

    

 
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